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Braga
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Full name Sporting Clube de Braga
Nickname(s) Os Arcebispos (The Archbishops)
Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenal fans)
Os Minhotos (Those from Minho)
Os Guerreiros do Minho (The Minho Warriors)
Founded 1921 January 19; 103 years ago (19-01-1921)
Ground Estádio Municipal de Braga
Ground Capacity 30,286
Chairman António Salvador
Manager Paulo Fonseca
League Primeira Liga
2014–15 4th
Website Club home page
Current season

Sporting Clube de Braga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾtĩŋ ˈkluβ(ɨ) ðɨ ˈβɾaɣɐ]) (Euronext: SCB), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club, from the city of Braga. Its football team plays at the Estádio Municipal de Braga, also known as The Quarry and for commercial reasons the AXA Stadium, which was built for UEFA Euro 2004.

Domestically, Braga won the 1965–66 Taça de Portugal and the 2012–13 Taça da Liga. In the 2000s, the club gradually became one of Portugal's most successful clubs after the Big Three and has competed with some success in European competitions, winning the last ever UEFA Intertoto Cup (the only Portuguese club to do so) in 2008 and reaching the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2011. After finishing in second place for the only time to date in the 2009–10 Primeira Liga, Braga achieved a place in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history by eliminating Celtic and Sevilla. Braga also qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2012–13 by eliminating Udinese.

History

Braga have been known as Arsenal do Minho and changed their kits from green and white to their Arsenal-style red during the 1945–46 (with the reserve squad) and the 1946–47 (with the main team) seasons due to their president José Antunes Guimarães who had business connections in London and was an Arsenal fan (this is one version of the story: the other one says that Josef Szabo, a Hungarian coach who loved Arsenal's playing style asked the president to change the green and white uniform to an Arsenal-style red). In that year (1947) they won the Second division title reaching the First division for the first time. Braga even renamed their youth team Arsenal de Braga.

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One of the first matches played in Arsenal-style kits against R C Celta Vigo

The emblem of Sporting de Braga is the city of Braga's shield with Mother Mary and baby Jesus with the blue from the city's shield changed to red. On the top of the emblem is the golden Mural Crown of Braga, with the name Sporting Clube de Braga on it. Many fans of Braga have said that Mother Mary gives them luck. The fans of Braga are known as Arsenalistas due to their team home kit that resembles that of English club Arsenal.[1] They are also known as Bracarenses because of being from the city of Bracari, later named Bracara Augusta, city of Portugal that is now known as Braga.

Aside from the loyalty of its supporters, the Minho derby against Vitória de Guimarães is a match that both sets of fans eagerly await. This match is more than football, it is a way people from the north view each city. The derby is one of Portugal's most intense matches, and children under 13 are restricted from entering unless an adult is with them. The rivalry goes back to when the City of Braga was the ancient capital of Gallaecia and the largest Portuguese city by the time the Kingdom of Portugal was formed by Afonso I of Portugal. At that time, Guimarães became the seat of the King and nobility, whereas Braga remained the centre of trade and religious power (largest city and seat of the Archbishop).

European ambitions and recent history

Braga's ranking in Europe since 2003
Season UEFA Ranking Points
2003–04  –  –
2004–05 139th Green Arrow Up.svg 15.739
2005–06 136th Green Arrow Up.svg 17.533
2006–07 96th Green Arrow Up.svg 27.107
2007–08 79th Green Arrow Up.svg 33.176
2008–09 50th Green Arrow Up.svg 39.292
2009–10 48th Green Arrow Up.svg 39.659
2010–11 28th Green Arrow Up.svg 62.319
2011–12 29th Red Arrow Down.svg 63.069
2012–13 29th Steady 62.833
2013–14 40th Red Arrow Down.svg 52.959
2014–15 37th Green Arrow Up.svg 51.776

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Braga began to climb up the league ladder and eventually participated in the UEFA Competitions. Braga's recent run of successive European participations began in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, after finishing fifth under Jesualdo Ferreira's first full season in the club. This marked the beginning of their rise in success both in the League and Europe. In the 2005–06, they challenged for the championship until the penultimate round, ending fourth. In 2006–07, Portuguese up-and-coming manager Carlos Carvalhal became manager of the club and started with a poor start to the season, losing to AZ in the UEFA Cup despite crushing Czech Republic champions Slovan Liberec 4–0 (who had drawn against Sevilla only a week before), and a 4–1 loss to Madeiran side Marítimo. These losses proved to be the end of his season, despite success in European competitions, with an overall score of 3–2 against Italian club Chievo in the first round of the UEFA Cup. Carvalhal resigned and was replaced with Rogério Gonçalves with former Portugal captain Jorge Costa as assistant manager of the club. Gonçalves' first game in charge couldn't have gone better with a 3–1 over Benfica and a week after a hard-fought loss against UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup champions Sevilla in the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. After a 1–0 away defeat to União de Leiria in a league match on 18 February 2007, Gonçalves resigned. Braga president António Salvador announced on the same day that assistant manager Jorge Costa would be in charge until the end of the 2006–07 season. In his first game, Braga beat Parma 1–0 (2–0 on aggregate). They then played Tottenham Hotspur, where they lost 6–4 on aggregate in the last 16. Braga eventually finished fourth in the league for the third successive time, just beating Belenenses by a point on the last day.

During the summer of June 2007, it was presented that AXA would be the club's sponsors in a multimillion-dollar deal in which the name of the stadium was changed to Estádio AXA, with this being the first in Portugal.

After the 2006–07 season, Braga qualified for the UEFA Cup, where they faced Hammarby IF. Despite losing the first leg in Sweden 2–1, Braga won at home 4–0 to qualify to the group stage for the third consecutive time. There, their first game was against Bolton Wanderers where the game finished 1–1. Braga then played German giants Bayern Munich, who were the favourites to win the competition; despite the negative feedback, Braga drew 1–1 with Roland Linz scoring the vital goal. After that impressive display, Braga faced Aris with another 1–1 draw, with Linz scoring another vital goal for the Minhotos. Braga then went into the last game against Red Star Belgrade of Serbia where they picked up a 2–0 victory, which was enough to take them into the next round. They went on to face Werder Bremen but lost the first leg 3–0, which Braga missed two penalty's, and the second 1–0.

The 2008–09 UEFA Cup season saw the Minho club go against Bosnian club HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, who dropped from the UEFA Champions League second round. Braga started as favourites and beat Zrinjski Mostar 3–0 on aggregate. In the next phase, the Minho side were paired with Slovak giants Artmedia Petržalka, who were then beaten 6–0 on aggregate with Albert Meyong scoring a hat-trick in the process for Braga.

After qualifying for the UEFA Cup group stage proper for a third successive season, the Portuguese side were paired with FA Cup winners Portsmouth, Italian giants Milan, Wolfsburg of Germany, and Heerenveen of the Netherlands. Braga started the game at home to Portsmouth and were convincing 3–0 winners with Luis Aguiar scoring from a freekick and setting up the other two goals. This game proved to be Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp's last game as he then moved to Tottenham Hotspur. In the next group game, Braga faced a daunting task at the San Siro against the competition favourites Milan. The game finished in a 1–0 defeat for the Portuguese side. Despite the loss, Braga dominated the game for many long periods of time, holding the Italians to 0–0 after 93 minutes, but an individual goal from Ronaldinho from 35 metres out gave the Italians the full three points. The next game was against Felix Magath's Wolfsburg where Braga lost 3–2, despite scoring the first two goals. The last game was at the Abe Lenstra Stadion in the Netherlands against Heerenveen. Braga won the game 2–1 and progressed to the next stage. After getting further in the UEFA Cup than any of their ten fellow winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Braga were declared the last outright champions of the competition.

In the 2010–11 season, Braga made their UEFA Champions League debut at home in a 3–0 win against Celtic in the first leg of the third qualifying round.[2] They lost the second leg away at Celtic Park 2–1, but went through to the play-off round on an aggregate score of 4–2.[3] In the fourth qualifying round, they beat Sevilla 1–0 at home and 4–3 away, thus entering the Champions League group stage for the first time.[4] On 15 September 2010, Braga were heavily defeated 6–0 by Arsenal in their first group stage.[5] On 28 September, Braga lost 3–0 against Shakhtar. On 19 October, Braga won 2–0 against Partizan. Two weeks later, on 3 November, Braga won 1–0 against Partizan in Belgrade. On 23 November, Braga beat Arsenal 2–0 at home, keeping their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages alive if they could better Arsenal's result during the final round of matches. However, on 9 December, Braga lost 2–0 to Shakhtar while Arsenal beat Partizan 3–1. The results meant that Shakhtar and Arsenal progressed to the second round, but Braga finished third in the group to qualify for the knockout stage of the UEFA Europa League, where they would come to eliminate Lech Poznań, Liverpool and Dynamo Kyiv to reach the semifinals of the competition. It was the first time Braga reached the quarter-finals, and then the semi-finals of a European competition. It was also the first time three Portuguese clubs reached the Europa League's semi-finals simultaneously. On 28 April, Braga lost 2–1 against Benfica in the first leg of the semi-finals. On 5 May, Braga went on to win the tie in the second leg with a 1–0 home win to reach the Europa League Final 2011. On 18 May, Braga lost the final 1–0 to Porto.

In the 2012–13 season, Braga played for the second time in the group stage of the Champions League, after eliminating Udinese in the play-off round, by beating them in the penalties, after the first and second legs ended in 1–1.[6][7][8] Braga lost the first game of the group stage of the Champions League to Cluj in home by 2–0 and won the second game by beating Galatasaray in Turkey by 2–0. In their third game, Braga visited Old Trafford where they were defeated by Manchester United, despite being winning by 0–2, Braga went down by 3–2. On the fourth matchday, Braga went on to receive Manchester United, but, after keeping a one-goal advantage until the 80th minute, they eventually conceded three goals, and lost 1–3. During their domestic season, they finished in 4th place, behind Paços de Ferreira, which got their Champions League vacancy.

League and cup history

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See also: S.C. Braga seasons

Recent seasons

Season League Cup League Cup Europe (UEFA) Notes
Div. Pos. Pl W D L GS GA Pts Result Result Competition Result
2009–10 1st 2nd 30 22 5 3 48 20 71 QF R3 Europa League 3rd QR [A]
2010–11 1st 4th 30 13 7 10 45 33 46 Last 32 R3 Champions League GS [B][C][D]
Europa League RU
2011–12 1st 3rd 30 19 5 6 59 29 62 Last 32 SF Europa League Last 32
2012–13 1st 4th 30 16 4 10 60 44 52 QF W Champions League GS
2013–14 1st 9th 30 10 7 13 39 37 37 SF SF Europa League PO
2014–15 1st 4th 34 17 7 10 55 28 58 RU R3  –  –
2015–16 1st 4th 13 7 3 3 18 6 24 QF 3R Europa League Last 32
A. ^ Best league finish.
B. ^ First presence in the UEFA Champions League.
C. ^ Braga started season in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and later joined UEFA Europa League after finishing 3rd in the group stage.
D. ^ Best European competition finish.

Last updated: 18 December 2015

Honours

Domestic

  • Winners (2): 1946–47, 1963–64
  • Runners-up: 1970–71
  • Winners: 1976–77 (First Division)

International

  • Winners (1): 2008 (Outright Winner)

European record

Update: 10 December 2015

Competition Appearances Matches Títles Best
UEFA Champions League 2 18 (7W 2D 9L) - Group Stage (10/11 e 12/13)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 3 10 (6W 1D 3L) - Last 16 (66/67 e 98/99)
UEFA Europa League 13 75 (30W 17D 28L) - Runner-up (10/11)
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 2 (2W 0D 0L) 1 Champion (08/09)
Total 19 105 (45W 20D 40L) 1
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1966–67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Greece AEK Athens 3–2 1–0 4–2
R2 Hungary Raba ETO Győr 2–0 0–3 2–3
1978–79 UEFA Cup R1 Malta Hibernians 5–0 2–3 7–3
R2 England West Bromwich Albion 0–2 0–1 0–3
1982–83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Pre Wales Swansea City 1–0 0–3 1–3
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–3 0–6 0–9
1997–98 UEFA Cup R1 Netherlands Vitesse 2–0 1–2 3–2
R2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 1–0 5–0
R3 Germany Schalke 04 0–0 0–2 0–2
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 4–0 0–0 4–0
R2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 1–3 2–3
2004–05 UEFA Cup R1 Scotland Hearts 2–2 1–3 3–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup R1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2006–07 UEFA Cup R1 Italy Chievo 2–0 1–2 (a.e.t.) 3–2
GS Netherlands AZ Alkmaar  – 0–3 3rd
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 4–0  –
Spain Sevilla  – 0–2
Switzerland Grasshopper 2–0  –
L32 Italy Parma 1–0 1–0 2–0
L16 England Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 2–3 4–6
2007–08 UEFA Cup R1 Sweden Hammarby 4–0 1–2 5–2
GS England Bolton Wanderers  – 1–1 2nd
Germany Bayern Munich 1–1  –
Greece Aris Thessaloniki  – 1–1
Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2–0  –
L32 Germany Werder Bremen 0–1 0–3 0–4
2008–09 UEFA Intertoto Cup R3 Turkey Sivasspor 3–0 2–0 1–4
2008–09 UEFA Cup Q2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 2–0 3–0
R1 Slovakia Artmedia 4–0 2–0 6–0
GS England Portsmouth 3–0  – 3rd
Italy AC Milan  – 0–1
Germany Wolfsburg 2–3  –
Netherlands Heerenveen  – 1–2
L32 Belgium Standard Liège 3–0 1–1 4–1
L16 France Paris Saint-Germain 0–1 0–0 0–1
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Q3 Sweden Elfsborg 1–2 0–2 1–4
2010–11 UEFA Champions League Q3 Scotland Celtic 3–0 1–2 4–2
PO Spain Sevilla 1–0 4–3 5–3
GS England Arsenal 2–0 0–6 3rd
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 0–2
Serbia Partizan 2–0 0–1
2010–11 UEFA Europa League L32 Poland Lech Poznań 2–0 0–1 2–1
L16 England Liverpool 1–0 0–0 1–0
QF Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
SF Portugal Benfica 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Final Portugal FC Porto 0–1
2011–12 UEFA Europa League PO Switzerland Young Boys 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
GS Belgium Club Brugge 1–2 1–1 2nd
England Birmingham City 1–0 3–1
Slovenia Maribor 5–1 1–1
L32 Turkey Beşiktaş 0–2 1–0 1–2
2012–13 UEFA Champions League PO Italy Udinese 1–1 1–1 (5–4 pens) 1–1 (5–4)
GS Romania CFR Cluj 0–2 1–3 4th
Turkey Galatasaray 1–2 2–0
England Manchester United 1–3 2–3
2013–14 UEFA Europa League PO Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–2 (a.e.t.) 1–0 1–2
2015–16 UEFA Europa League GS France Marseille 3–2 0–1 1st
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 2–1 1–0
Netherlands Groningen 1–0 0–0
L32 – – –

Current squad

As of 30 July 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Stanislav Kritsyuk
4 Brazil MF Alef
5 France DF Willy Boly
6 Portugal DF André Pinto
7 Portugal FW Wilson Eduardo
8 Brazil MF Luíz Carlos
9 Brazil FW Crislan
10 Spain MF Joan Román
11 Brazil FW Rodrigo Pinho
14 Spain MF Aarón Ñíguez
15 Brazil DF Baiano
16 Brazil DF Djavan
17 Portugal FW Rui Fonte (on loan from Benfica)
18 Portugal MF Rafa Silva
No. Position Player
19 Serbia FW Nikola Stojiljković
20 Egypt FW Hassan
21 Brazil MF Filipe Augusto (on loan from Rio Ave)
23 Portugal FW Pedro Santos
24 Portugal DF Ricardo Ferreira
30 Brazil FW Alan (captain)
32 Brazil DF Arghus
35 Montenegro MF Nikola Vukčević
63 Brazil MF Mauro
76 Portugal GK Tiago Sá
87 Brazil DF Marcelo Goiano
92 Brazil GK Matheus
– Brazil MF Pottker

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Portugal DF Tiago Gomes (at Metz)
Brazil DF Wallace (at Monaco)
Gabon DF Randal Oto’o (at Tondela)
France DF Vincent Sasso (at Sheffield Wednesday)
Argentina MF Rodrigo Battaglia (at Moreirense)
Spain MF Juan Carlos (at Málaga)
No. Position Player
Portugal MF Pedro Tiba (at Real Valladolid)
Portugal FW Fábio Martins (at Paços Ferreira)
Colombia FW Erik Moreno (at Real Valladolid)
Angola FW Dolly Menga (at Tondela)
Colombia FW Felipe Pardo (at Olympiacos)
Cape Verde FW Rambé (at Farense)

Former managers

References

  1. ↑ Braga break into big time, uefa.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
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  9. ↑ Upon the formation of the Liga de Honra (League of Honor), a new second level national league in 1990, the Portuguese Second Division became the third tier of Portuguese football.

External links

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